Slamming External Affairs Minister S M Krishnas response to Chinas comment on the Prime Ministers visit to Arunachal Pradesh,and terming it as apologetic,which raised serious doubts in the minds of the people of the country over the governments will and capability to safeguard the territorial integrity of the country, the BJP has demanded an all-party meeting on China at the earliest. The BJP is dismayed at the almost apologetic tone and tenor of the response of External Affairs Minister to Chinas protest on the Prime Ministers visit to Arunachal Pradesh. the response was timid. The PM should convene an all-party meeting to discuss the entire gamut of Indias relationship with China. A wider consultation,and thus a consensus is required on the designs of China,and also the response that needs to be given to them, said BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad,here on Wednesday. Official comments suggest there is no significant increase in Chinese incursions. But the exact number of incursions is not being disclosed. In 2007,the incursions were 140,which rose to 270 in 2008. We demand the latest figures on incursions this year be made public, he said. The pattern of Chinese belligerence sounds quite familiar with what happened in 1962, he added. When asked about todays statement by the Ministry of External Affairs objecting to Chinas engagement in projects in PoK,he said that India should have reacted on the issue long back. The BJP also criticised Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for his statement that India was giving too much importance to Pakistan.
